📢 Introduction

Welcome to the ENS x Octant Public Goods Round! This round is focused on supporting impactful projects in Infrastructure, Utility, and Education, helping push Web3 forward.

🛠 Round Details

• 🗓 Round Dates: March 18 - April 1, 2025
• 💰 Matching Pool: 80,000 USDC on Optimism
• 🔢 Funding Model: Quadratic Funding (with COCM)

📅 Application Timeline

• Applications Open: February 19, 2025
• Applications Close (soft deadline): March 13, 2025

✅ Eligibility Criteria

To participate in the round, projects must:

• Be on Giveth.
• Be verified by the time the round starts.
  • Representatives from Octant and ENS have the opportunity to become verifiers using devouch.xyz! Reach out to Yegor (telegram: @yegorgolovnia) if you’d like to be one. Guidleines here.
• Have an Optimism recipient address added (to accept matching funds)
• Be building in one of the following categories:
  • Infrastructure – Protocol improvements & developer tools for Ethereum.
  • Utility – Projects solving real problems for Web3 users & developers.
  • Education – Initiatives that help people understand and use Web3.
• Submit the application form by the deadline.

Note: Being Open Source is NOT a strict requirement

Verification Process

Projects either will need to be “verified” on Giveth in order to participate. This can be done in one of 2 ways: